EastEnders’ Ian Beale star recalls ‘weirdest thing’ when arriving back on set

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EastEnders’ Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale, has opened up about his return to Walford and how it felt to see all his fellow colleagues once again.

Cindy Beale (played by Michelle Collins) was presumed dead back in 1998 after she gave birth to her daughter Cindy Williams Jr (Mimi Keene).

Ian left the square back in January 2021 after Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) attempted to kill him.

The pair returned and were stunned to find Cindy’s ex-husband George Knight (Colin Salmon) and her daughters Anna Knight (Molly Rainford) and Gina Knight (Francesca Henry) living in Walford.

Actor Adam Woodyatt previously spoke to Express.co.uk about his return to Walford after his cameo for Dot Branning’s (June Brown) funeral.

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Opening up on the thing he found “weirdest”, Ian explained: “Working with Michelle was like, no offence, but putting on an old pair of slippers.

“It’s just comfortable and it just works. The weirdest thing for me because since I have been gone they have rebuilt the lot.

“I got out the car yesterday morning, and I got out on the right-hand side to look and just gone ‘Where’s the square’ and it literally just disappeared, that was the weirdest thing for me.

“The nicest thing has been going back to see all the faces that I haven’t seen. The first day it must have taken half a day to say hello to everyone, I was just chatting.”

Residents of Walford were stunned to see the pair back together and left Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell) worried about what Cindy will do after knowing that he accidentally killed Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater).

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Ian assured Bobby that Cindy understood that it was an accident and would be able to get over it, but she recently admitted to Ian that seeing Bobby made her blood boil.

Can they all be one happy family living in the same square with so many secrets and feuds?

Ian is also set to cause some upset for his youngest son, as he accidentally reveals Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier) slept with Anna despite knowing how Bobby felt about her.

Infront of a big crowd, George makes a belittling comment towards Ian and he can’t resist firing back.

He announces the news about Anna’s night with Freddie in the middle of the pub, unaware that Bobby and Cindy are looking on. How will Bobby react to Ian’s bombshell?

EastEnders airs weeknights from 7:30pm on BBC One.

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